Harpal Kumar
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Harpal Kumar is currently Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK
, the world's leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer research
. He succeeded Alex Markham as Cancer Research UK’s Chief Executive with effect from 2 April 2007.
Kumar graduated from the University of Cambridge
with first class honours in Chemical Engineering and he subsequently gained an MBA with High Distinction as a Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School
. Prior to joining Cancer Research UK, he was Chief Executive of the disability charity the Papworth Trust and founding Chief Executive of Nexan Group, a venture capital-backed medical devices company.
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer. As the world's largest independent cancer...
, the world's leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer research
Cancer research
Cancer research is basic research into cancer in order to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatments and cure....
. He succeeded Alex Markham as Cancer Research UK’s Chief Executive with effect from 2 April 2007.
Kumar graduated from the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
with first class honours in Chemical Engineering and he subsequently gained an MBA with High Distinction as a Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
. Prior to joining Cancer Research UK, he was Chief Executive of the disability charity the Papworth Trust and founding Chief Executive of Nexan Group, a venture capital-backed medical devices company.
